Antony Blinken said he was back in Israel 'to get this agreement to the line and ultimately over the line'.
Blinken, on his ninth regional tour since Hamas's October 7 attack triggered the war, said he was back in Israel "to get this agreement to the line and ultimately over the line".
“This is a decisive moment — probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a ceasefire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security,” Blinken said as he met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv.
Biden said Sunday that a ceasefire was “still possible” and that the United States was “not giving up”, in brief comments to reporters.After the Qatar meeting, the United States had submitted what mediators called a “bridging proposal”, which Hamas on Sunday said “responds to Netanyahu’s conditions” and includes terms that the Palestinian group would not accept.
On Sunday Netanyahu reiterated that Hamas “remains obstinate” and must be pressured, a day after his office said Israeli negotiators had expressed “cautious optimism” about reaching a deal.Far-right members crucial to the prime minister’s governing coalition oppose any truce.
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